KENT, Ohio (AP) - Trayion Durham ran for 107 yards and three touchdowns as Kent State extended its longest winning streak in 72 years to seven games by beating rival Akron 35-24 Saturday.
Kent State, 5-0 in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference, last won seven in a row in 1940.
Dri Archer gained 126 yards including a 30-yard touchdown run as the Golden Flashes rushed for 261 yards and five touchdowns overall to move to 8-1. That includes a 35-23 upset at then-No. 15 Rutgers a week ago.
Dalton Williams completed 30 of 41 passes for 312 yards for Akron, (1-9, 0-6) in coach Terry Bowden's first season. Williams went 12 for 13 including TDs of 13 and 21 yards to Jerrod Dillard in the first quarter as the Zips led 14-0.
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| Scoring Summary |
| AKRON | Jerrod Dillard 13 yd pass from Dalton Williams (Robert Stein kick) |
| AKRON | Jerrod Dillard 21 yd pass from Dalton Williams (Robert Stein kick) |
| KENTST | Trayion Durham 1 yd run (Freddy Cortez kick) |
| AKRON | Jawon Chisholm 50 yd run (Robert Stein kick) |
| KENTST | Spencer Keith 4 yd run (Freddy Cortez kick) |
| AKRON | Robert Stein 32 yd FG |
| KENTST | Trayion Durham 6 yd run (Freddy Cortez kick) |
| KENTST | Dri Archer 30 yd run (Freddy Cortez kick) |
| KENTST | Trayion Durham 15 yd run (Freddy Cortez kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| AKRON | KENTST | |
| First Downs | 23 | 18 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 8-16 | 3-11 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 74-442 | 59-364 |
| Rushes-Yds | 32-130 | 40-261 |
| Passing Yds | 312 | 103 |
| Kick Return Yds | 75 | 62 |
| Punt Return Yds | 4 | 0 |
| Passes | 30-42-0 | 14-19-0 |
| Punts | 5-210 | 5-245 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 8-76 | 4-30 |
| Time of Poss. | 31:4 | 28:56 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| AKRON: Jawon Chisholm 16-115, Conor Hundley 10-17, Quentin Hines 3-10, Imani Davis 1-5, Dalton Williams 2--17 |
| KENTST: Dri Archer 11-126, Trayion Durham 24-107, Spencer Keith 5-28 |
| PASSING |
| AKRON: Dalton Williams 30-41-312-0, Team 0-1-0-0 |
| KENTST: Spencer Keith 14-19-103-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| AKRON: Marquelo Suel 11-85, L.T. Smith 5-50, Jawon Chisholm 4-37, Dee Frieson 3-30, Keith Sconiers 2-46, Jerrod Dillard 2-34, Imani Davis 2-16, Tyler Williams 1-14 |
| KENTST: Dri Archer 3-19, Chris Humphrey 2-20, Kyle Payton 2-20, Tim Erjavec 2-16, Eric Adeyemi 2-6, Trayion Durham 1-13, Matthew Hurdle 1-6, Josh Boyle 1-3 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Akron | 7th Mid American East | 0-8 | 1-11 |
| Kent State | 1st Mid American East | 8-1 | 11-3 |
